Water LIDAR

Trade Agreement: NAFTA / CFTA / FTAs with Peru / Colombia / Panama / Korea Tendering Procedures: Generally only one firm has been invited to bid Non-Competitive Procurement Strategy: Exclusive Rights Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Vendor Name and Address: Vaisala Oyj P.O.Box 26 Finland 01670 Nature of Requirements:

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1. Definition of the requirement

Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) has a requirement for the supply of one water vapour LIDAR. The unit must conform to the following specifications:

Must have an operating temperature between -45 degrees C to +35 degrees C Must be fully automated and remote controlled with no operator required on-site Must operate in humidity ranges from 5% to 100% Must have an eye-safe classification 1M laser Must operate during precipitation, frost, snow, rim ice, and other severe weather conditions without operator support Must provide software that produces quick-look plots of attenuated backscatter profile and water vapour mixing ratio products. Software must also record and archive non-processed (raw) data as well. Must provide data processing algorithm, information on data format as well as the necessary software to read output data. Must be less than 2 m x 2 m x 2.5 m with minimum or no assembly required for field deployment (e.g., no internal alignment, optical adjustments, or electronic assembly required) Must weigh less than 250 kg Must operate outdoors without additional housing (e.g., no trailer required) Must have a measurement range from 50 m above the surface to at least 3 km (or up to the planetary boundary layer or cloud base height) for water vapour profile measurements Must have a measurement range of at least 15 km for backscatter observations Must have a resolution of 10 m or better for water vapour profile measurements Must have a resolution of at least 5 m for backscatter profile measurements Must have a temporal resolution that is user adjustable of 20 min or better for water vapour profile measurements Must have a temporal resolution of at least 30 s for backscatter profile measurements Must have an accuracy of